Bailey’s Field, Darwen CAMPAIGNERS have accused an East Lancashire local authority of building new homes ‘for wealthy Manchester and Bolton people’. The allegation was levelled by Dr Joe Gazdula as the controversy over the building of 343 homes on Bailey’s Field off Ellison Fold Way spilled over into Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Executive Board meeting on Thursday. The Darwen resident and his son Elliott tackled borough regeneration boss on the issue at public question time. Dr Gazdula raised changes to the council’s local plan. He asked Cllr Phil Riley: “Why was the greenbelt re-designated to include a large area of greenbelt to 200 metres from Roman Road in 1996 when the demand for houses from people in Blackburn and Darwen was clearly not there in 1996 and according to Cllr Riley seemingly not here now as he seems to want these to be built for wealthy Manchester and Bolton People?”
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The fight to protect a piece of land from being bulldozed for new housing continued this week after residents created a Community Interest Company, and took their concerns to a town council meeting. On Tuesday night, people living in Darwen attended the virtual Darwen Town Council meeting, with Darrener Mark Radnedge speaking on behalf of the newly formed not-for-profit CIC, set up to protect Bailey s Field off Ellison Fold Way, which has been earmarked for a 343 residential housing estate. Bailey s Field in Darwen Mr Radnedge asked the council, particularly those who also sit on Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council s planning committee, for the chance to raise funds to purchase the land, which they have also nominated as an asset of community value (ACV).
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